Questions tagged [harry-potter]
A British–American feature film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling. If your question is about a particular entry in the Harry Potter series, please also include a tag for the movie you're asking about (for example the-philosophers-stone).
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Did Joe Dempsie make a cameo appearance in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
There's a scene of a wizard reading "A Brief History of Time" in the movie, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. The wizard looks like Joe Dempsie.
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Why is Quirrell standing like he's praying the Muslim prayer?
Something I've wondered ever since I first noticed this shot in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (the Ultimate Extended Edition, in case it's not in the normal edition). At the beginning of ...
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Why did Voldemort leave the ministry temporarily the first time?
I've seen a lot of questions about "Why did Voldemort leave the ministry when the minister and Aurors arrived," but I just rewatched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and saw that he ...
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Did some part of Voldemort's soul get stuck in Harry Potter's body in Sorcerer's Stone?
Note: Please answer only without mentioning the sequel movies in the Harry Potter series. I've only watched the first movie. Watched all in my childhood but now I've to watch all again. If it's not ...
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Were Grindelwald and Dumbledore love partners?
In a scene in the Crimes of Grindelwald, Dumbledore responds to a question saying that "they were more than brothers". It's also shown how they make the bloodpact and I see some clues in ...
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Did the other teachers know that Hermione had a Time-Turner?
Did the teachers know that Hermione has a Time-Turner? For example, when a Boggart is announced during Professor Lupin’s lesson in Prisoner of Azkaban, Hermione is greeted by both boys saying “When ...
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Why can magic cure some medical problems but not others?
In The Chamber of Secrets, Harry falls off his broom during a Quidditch match and breaks his arm, then Lockhart removes Harry's arm bones entirely while trying to mend it. When he's taken to the ...
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Are the home video releases of the Harry Potter films in the original aspect ratio?
After discovering a prominent fan restoration project, I'm thoroughly confused what the original aspect ratio is. Is the picture on DVD and blu-ray matted out and how all eight films differ? Are there ...
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Why did Voldemort still trust Snape?
I recently watched the first Harry Potter movie and noticed a pretty big plot hole.
As we know, Snape turns over once Lily Potter dies and runs to Dumbledore for help and becomes a spy ultimately. ...
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Do Harry Potter scarves in the movies have house emblems?
I've bought officially licensed Harry Potter scarves (the kind the kids wear, which have different colours for each house), however they come with a house emblem patched on the front of each.
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How did Ginny get out of the ring of fire during 'The Burning of the Burrow'?
In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, when Bellatrix encircled the Weasleys' house with a ring of fire, that's how the events took place
The Burrow gets encircled with the ring of fire (with a ...
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Why did Dumbledore offer Licorice Snaps to Harry in GoF?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry discovered that the 3rd man in his dream was Barty Crouch Jr after he saw one of (Dumbledore's) preserved memories in the Pensieve. Also, it was only ...
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What gave Harry Potter the idea of writing in Tom Riddle's diary?
What gave Harry the idea of writing in Tom Riddle's diary in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
It is clear that if Harry hadn't seen that story from the past through Tom Riddle's diary, he ...
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How and when did Voldemort hide the Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw in Hogwarts?
In Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows part II, Harry comes to realize that the Lost Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw is in Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and that later Harry finds it in the room ...
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What was the order of making of all the horcruxes in Harry Potter series?
I know Voldemort made 7 pieces of his soul and made 7 Horcruxes. Can anybody list down the order of making of all these Horcruxes and by the killing of whom, Voldemort made all these Horcruxes?
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